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bak, n. The upper or hinder part of an animal; part opp. to the front; the rear; outward or upward part of a thing, as opp. to the inner or lower part opp. or most remote; part out of sight, — the rear; remote. — adv. To the place whence came; to or toward a former state, condition, away from the front; again; in return. — [backed (bakt), backing/) To get upon the of; to support or strengthen by aid; to force ward; to furnish with a back. — v. i. To move go back.— To back out, orb. down. To withdraw an engagement. — To b. round, said of the when it shifts against the sun's course, indicating more bad weather. — To b. an anchor. (Naut.) lav down a small anchor ahead of a large which it is fastened. — To b. astern. In rowing, manage the oars in a direction contrary to the method.,— To b. the oars, or back water. backward. — To b. the sails. To arrange them to take out the wind, and cause the ship to astern. — To b. up. To support or sustain. — er, n. One who. or that which, backs or supports another. — Back' ward, -wards, adv. With the in advance; toward the back; on the back, the back downward; toward or in past time B. a Vocal a better to a worse state; in a reverse manner or etymodirection; contrarily. — Back ' ward, a. Unwilling; (Mus.) averse; dull of apprehension; late or behindhand. major — Back'bite, -bit, v. t. To speak evil of in the abits relasence of the person traduced. — v. i. To revile the (Bb.) absent. — Back'biter, n. — Back'bone, -bon, ». The B. spine; firmne ; spirit; grit. door, -d6r, n. A etc. door at the back of a building or chamber; a private pa age; indirect way. — ground, n. Ground; to in the rear; a place of obscurity or shade. (Art.) The part of a picture behind, and subordinate to, t. To the foreground. handed, a. With the hand unturned backward; indirect; oblique, —adv. With; a the hand, etc. — house,//. A building behind a main building; a privy. — log, n. A Targe stick., — a. forming the back of a fire. — piece, -pes, -plate, -plat, n. Armor covering the back. — side, n. Hinder Ba'by part of anything; the rear. — sight, -sit, n. (Surv.) a. The first reading of the leveling staff. — slide, -slid' v. i. [backslid (-slid), p. p. -slid'den, -slid; -sliding (-slid'ing).] To fall back or off; to apostatize. — slid'er, n. One who, etc.; a renegade. — the -staff, n. An instrument for taking the altitude of heavenly bodies. — stairs, -starz, n. pi. Staire at the back of the house; a private or indirect way.— -stair, a. Indirect; illegitimate; undue. — stays, -staz, n. pi. (JYaut.) Ropes from the top-mast heads to both sides of a ship, to support the mast. — -stream, n. A current flowing up-stream. — sword, -sord, n. A sword with one sharp edge. — -water, -waw-ter, n. Water held back, as in a stream, by some obstruction: water thrown back by the turning of a water-wheel, etc. — woods, -wdodz, n. pi. Forests or partly cleared ground on the frontiers of a newly settled country. — woods'man, n. An inhabitant of, etc.